Zone vs Pocus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zone
This app helps you maintain focus and boost your productivity using a time management technique. It provides a simple interface to manage your work and break intervals effectively.
- Focus management
- Efficiency improvement
- Time management tool
- Work interval tracking
- Break interval tracking
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Make time for focused work and restful breaks. Zone combines a simple focus timer with ambient sounds for work, study and reading. • Set your rhythm: customize work sessions, short breaks, long breaks and the number of sessions per round. • Independent ambient audio: choose rain, forest, night, campfire or airplane sounds. Listen in the background, with or without the timer. • Review your progress: view completed sessions and total focus time by day, week or month. • Optional iCloud sync: synchronize focus records through your own iCloud account. • Your language and layout: switch languages in the app and use layouts adapted for iPhone rotation and iPad windows. Choose a time. Start focusing.
Pocus
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Maintain your focus and brainpower using the Pomodoro method - a scientifically proven technique that utilises the power of "chunking" to learn and work more effectively. To increase your productivity, Pocus comes complete with a free sound library - perfect for blocking out noises that can break your focus. Features: • FREE sound library • FREE customisable timers (no need to upgrade, like other apps) • Simple design If you want better focus, more effective study sessions, or want to increase your productivity, download Pocus now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zone at none against Pocus's 1. Zone also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pocus's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pocus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zone ships an update every 9 months, Pocus monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zone | Pocus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 灿锋 朱 | Aaron Rockett |
In-app purchases
Zone
No in-app purchases
Pocus
- Remove Ads$0.99









